Wow this record is so much worse than White Pony and just boring, I mean the only good tracks on here are Hexagram, Needles and Pins, Minerva, Good Morning Beautiful, Deathblow, When Girls Telephone Boys, Battle-Axe, Lucky You, Bloody Cape, Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event and Moana, but seriously that's about it the rest sucks

In my eyes, Deftones will probably never top this. On this album they took a step back from the gradiose of 'White Pony' (which I still believe to be terribly overated) and almost created the best tribute act to themselves they could possibly ever do. All three of their previous albums feature here, with the harsh extremities of their debut on the stunning 'Hexagram' (with a little math rock twist), the anthemic metal of Around the Fur with 'Battle Axe' and the experimentalism of 'White Pony' on tracks like 'Deathblow' or 'Lucky You'.
For me, this is the album where Deftones finally grew up; 'White Pony' was merely a bridge. They'll never do a perfect album, but this will probably be the closest to it.

"Minerva" is phenomenal, but overall Deftones is a dreary, dingy, and sort of boring listen. The record is especially disappointing because it comes off the heels of White Pony. The performances are great, but the production has a scratchy, raw vibe that makes it sound as though the record is spattered with dirt that hasn't been wiped away. There are a large number of uneventful tracks on here, too (ironically, "Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event" isn't one of them). The band wasn't happy with this record when it came out, and it's clear why. Their weakest since the debut. 2.8

Very rarely can a band produce a string of near-classic records, and The Deftones are no exception. Their 2003 record Deftones is a solid offering, but ultimately leaves something to be desired. THe instrumentation, however, is still as great as usual. 3.5/5

Deftones' self-titled album is every bit as erotic as it is callous, whilst also being grim and uncaring as it is sympathetic. Even with some of the record's so-called imperfections, Deftones can still turn these into epic proportions which shall forever go unanswered. From the moody "Deathblow" to the enticing trip hop sounds of "Lucky You," this is an album needing every lost soul's instant love.

On their self-titled effort, Deftones seem to be transitioning into the sound that would later be portrayed on Saturday Night Wrist. Shoegaze is the big one this time around, and it sounds quite well-placed in their sound, despite not being as hard-hitting as White Pony. This problem mainly arrises from the overall sameness and sometimes filler-esque feeling of a few tracks, but the ones that are good are quite good. There's nothing really offensive about this album, but some of the tracks just don't go anywhere emotionally or musically, sometimes getting lost in the dullness that can come with a genre like shoegaze. But still, this is an excellent record from Deftones in the end, but one of their most forgettable. How much is that saying though?

As visceral as anything they've ever done. While it doesn't pull it off as smoothly as predecessor White Pony, we're left with a particularly raw and emotional album with several songs that never get old. Lush brutality throughout.

Chino's dark and screamed/whispered vocals blended with Stephen's bone-crushing riffs clearly stand out on this record and kind of overshadow the band's softer side. If you prefer Deftones' heavier facet, this is probably your album.

I think this album is overlooked due to the fact that it is not White Pony 2.0, but it doesn't intend to be. Chino and company admirably elected to destroy the slight possibility of becoming MTV or radio darlings with this release. I couldn't have been happier to hear the opening chords and scream of the crushing opener "Hexagram" which confirmed that they were not interested in watering down their sound in favor of commercial appeal. I think this is the most unstable of all their albums. Unstable meaning that rather than picking a weapon they just throw their entire arsenal at you (sometimes in the same song) and it works.

When Girls Telephone Boys is The Worst track in the album. And it brings down a record that could be one of deftones finest. Still, great album. Minerva is the standout, and there are no other tracks thatn compare to it.

This was a really weird album for me. I was a very big fan of "White Pony", and I have since found "Around the Fur" and "Saturday Night Wrist" to be really excellent CDs. If not on a technical level, they certainly excelled emotionally, where they weren't dripping in faux angst like their nu metal peers, but it was just intense enough to find interesting. They were also interesting in their consistent inconsistency, which is where I think their self-titled falters. Where "White Pony" was frequently dissonant and bizarre, it had such a flow to it that, even when it would change into, say, "Teenager", it would still be a logical step. This was also present in "Around the Fur", where "Dai the Flu" and "MX" have such slow and bizarre parts to almost disturb you, but in the overall flow it seemed to make sense.
Not to say "Deftones" doesn't flow, because it does. Quite well, actually. I just found that there was no diversity between the songs. This CD could have been one really long song as far as I could tell. There are some excellent songs, such as the paradoxical "Hexagram", with gorgeous guitar backing ridiculous screaming, or the utterly beautiful "Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event", which is, of course, a somber song to go with the CD, but it almost feels uplifting at times, and is a good break from the relentless darkness that seems to be this album. I guess my point is that there is no difference between all the songs. "Minerva", then "Good Morning Beautiful", then "Deathblow", then "When Girls Telephone Boys". They aren't necessarily similar, but when looking back on them after listening, you realize that the overall feel of these songs never change.
That's not to say that the songs mentioned aren't good. "Good Morning Beautiful" has possibly the most catchy chorus on the album, which makes far more memorable. "Deathblow" has an excellent introduction bass line, and "When Girls Telephone Boys", however mindless it may seem at first, is a very logical step in the whole flow of the album.
Pretty much what I'm trying to say is that, though the album flows excellently, and most tracks on their own seem pretty good, together they almost seem relentlessly depressing and make "Deftones", at least before multiple listens, too big of a pill to swallow.

I really don't like that this album is so underappreciated. Everyone always says it's the worst Deftones album, and I think that's bullshit. This is the first album of their's that "clicked" with me when I started listening to them. In light of that, I think that's why I'll say that I'd take this album over White Pony any day.

NOW Here is a good album this has some of the best songs by Deftones on here and in my opinion is better than white pony but not around the fur. This album is almost a 5 but not more like a 4.7 but they dont have that rating.
1) Hexagram 5/5
2) Needles And Pins 4.5/5
3) Minerva 4/5
4) Good Morning Beautiful 5/5
5) Deathblow 4.5/5
6) When Girls Telephone Boys 5/5
7) Battle-Axe 4/5
8) Lucky You 2/5
9) Bloody Cape 4.5/5
10) Anniversary Of An Uninteresting Event 5/5
11) Moana 3.5/5

Deftones (the album) is like the counterpart of White Pony. White Pony had the more mellow songs, like Knife Party but still contained dark things like Rx Queen and Change. Deftones (again the album) is build out of dark songs with only a few mellow sounding songs, like Minerva. The lack of real classics (save for Battleaxe) make this album a 4.5 and not a 5.